Demonstration. A step by step visual of how I make a painting. Buoy oil on canvas 36"x48"

First step for me was to lay out the drawing of the image with a charcoal pencil on this large canvas.

I then painted everything in roughly in acrylic paint with white acrylic gesso as the white paint. I always paint background to foreground if I can. Sometimes I need to paint the whole thing at a time but I find I get nicer edges if I think back to front.

After painting the background and the table and glass in acrylic, I switched to oil paint. I use the same palette of colors in acrylic that I use in oil paint. With oil paint I also make sure that I premix large batches of colors so that they are more or less consistent in terms of hue and value structure (shading.) Go to this link to see detailed step by step of how I painted a clear vessel of water. It's the glass in this painting.

With the glass of water done I move on to paint the shirts in oil too. I can see how it might look a little paint by numbers here but in this case, I premixed and painted each section individually so that the shirt parts would remain consistent.

Renovated Reputations: A Collaborative Installation
of Paintings, Fiction, Music and Vintage Furnitureby Kenney Mencher, Patrick Nelson and others at:The Art Museum of Los Gatos, California4 Tait Ave Los Gatos, CA 95030December 1 - January 6Reception: Saturday December 3, 2011 5PM-8PM Show up in costume and get into the photobooth!
You may end up being my next painting!
Price: FREE
Phone: (408) 395-7386
The Art Museum of Los Gatos presents Renovated Reputations, an immersive
exhibition experience featuring works conceived as a collaboration in painting,
creative fiction, and design. At once noir, bohemian and pulp in style,
the works invite the viewer to step inside and sit awhile, discover their
stories and spark engagement.
More info at:
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/

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I used to be a tenured professor of art history and studio art at Ohlone College in Fremont but in 2016 I decided to resign/retire to make art full time. I still "teach" on line and you can sign up for my art marketing and art history courses here: